Chapter 577: Vultures
Dense shells and bullets poured into the rice fields, the mud lifted up was more than ten meters high, and human objects flew up from time to time at the point where the bullets landed, and powerful machine guns and machine gun bullets also began to wreak havoc on the bodies of the Japanese soldiers.
Fortunately, this area was vast enough, and the Japanese army was in a straggler formation, and although the momentum was a bit terrifying, the casualties inflicted on the Japanese army were not enough to cause them to retreat.
The Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets half-swam in the water and began to counterattack, using the buoyancy of the water to push forward with their legs hard. The order they received was to take the defense line of Biandan Mountain no matter what the price was today, and the Second Division was like a bamboo all the way on the battlefield in China, and it had not been defeated once, and the soldiers were full of confidence, even though they were facing the demon that shattered countless imperial troops, Qin Feng. But they believed that it was because Qin Feng didn't really face their second division, because they were the real warriors of the imperial army.
Braving the rain of bullets, thousands of Japanese soldiers actually climbed Biandan Mountain one after another, but the waiting for them was not enough to make them happy.
Suddenly, without warning, countless pieces of turf were lifted on the slope of Biandan Mountain, revealing a steel helmet, and a shocking killing cry was heard, and then light machine guns, rifles, and AK47s began to roar, and the bullets were simply impenetrable, and thousands of imperial warriors were suddenly cut down like leeks, and the cannonballs that followed were even ploughed on the ground where they were unable to see the cyan.
At this point, the warriors of the imperial army understood that it was not that the opponent's troops were insufficient, but that the other side did not put heavy troops in the trenches and waited for the heavy artillery bombardment of the imperial army's planes, and most of the soldiers were hiding in foxholes on the hillside.
In view of the uncertain factors on the battlefield, the Japanese battlefield commander decisively issued the order to retreat, and the Japanese army began to retreat like a tide.
At the beginning of the attack, the Japanese commander found the intention of deliberately storing water to block the enemy, so he ordered the artillery to blow up the embankment that was built, and the flood rushed from the gap, and when the Japanese retreated, there was little water and green grass seedlings in the rice field, only a piece of mud remained, and the retreat order was given, and the Japanese soldiers began to flee with a deep foot and a shallow foot, you must not know that the suede cowhide boots under their feet were heavy enough, and they were more than twice as heavy after being soaked in water, and they accidentally stepped on the mud and couldn't even pull out their legs, so this retreat was also quite embarrassing. The soldiers even took advantage of the superior firepower in their hands, and the bullets swept away as if they didn't need money, and more than 7,000 people of the two Japanese companies lost most of them in this battle. If it weren't for Qin Feng's order not to charge at the enemy easily, otherwise this AK47 who followed behind would have been built in one fell swoop, and there really wasn't any indication of how many people were left?
The hillside also retreated to the trenches while the devils were retreating, after all, simple foxholes could not stop the Japanese army's purposeful heavy bombardment.
Yeosu Base Headquarters.
Qin Feng sat firmly in the tent of the Chinese army, and the good news from all directions kept coming, and the defense line of Jigong Mountain, Hong Tianlei repelled the enemy's two attacks and annihilated more than 1,000 enemies. In the defense line of Biandan Mountain, Li Bing defeated the Japanese army and annihilated more than 3,000 enemies. On the outer defense line of Xiaonan Mountain, Sun Fei made full use of the mountain-shaped terrain to fight with the enemy and drag the enemy to the death.
"Junza, if this battle continues like this, I'm afraid the Japanese army can't afford it! Hahaha"! Zhang Quanfa looked at the battle report and laughed.
"Chief of Staff, don't rejoice too early, the real battle hasn't started yet? The enemy invested so many troops and firepower in the first round, even regardless of losses, which shows that the Japanese army is bound to win! We may be able to hold on for three or five days, but we can really fight for ten days and half a month, not to mention the troops, we can't afford the logistics alone! Zhang Quming took Zhang Quanfa's words and said.
"Shhh Hearing Zhang Quming's words, Zhang Quanfa seemed to suddenly remember something, frowned slightly, and then said: "Logistics? Speaking of this, I remembered, in the morning, the logistics department reported to me, the transport fleet was attacked by Japanese planes on the river, more than a dozen ships of ore all sank to the bottom of the river, at first we did not think of this layer, now it seems that the Japanese army is recognized that although we have an arsenal, but the ammunition stock is limited, dog, want to fight with us logistics? Hmph, it's a big deal that our fleet and convoy rest during the day and go at night, let them blow up? Throne, don't you say? ”
Qin Feng was lying on the chair, holding a cigarette in his hand, his hands clasped around his chest, his eyes were confused, as if he hadn't heard what they were saying at all? Zhang Quanfa's call made him startle: "Oh! What did you say? ”
Zhang Quanfa smiled helplessly, so he had to repeat the question just now.
Qin Feng just nodded lightly, and didn't say too much, in his opinion, these are not big deals, and the logistics of the base are not so fragile.
The question he pondered was, why Xue Yue knew that the Japanese army had begun to attack the Lishui base, and the main offensive posture was very obvious, but he had not gathered his forces to consolidate the Zhuliu defense line, and he had not even made a regular inquiry call, since the battle began, the Ninth Theater Command only made a phone call from Wu Zhiyi, chief of staff, to inform him that the 34th Division of the Japanese Army had changed its guard with the Japanese troops on the Zhuliu front line, and successfully cut off the Zhuliu Highway, and that the theater had sent a grain transportation team to support the Lishui base, and nothing else was said.
Qin Feng was puzzled, it stands to reason that the Lishui base belongs to the Ninth War Zone, and for such a big military operation, the Theater Commander's Department has to inquire in detail, keep abreast of the progress of the war, and prepare for rescue, but it backfires.
When Qin Feng said this, Zhang Quanfa and Zhang Quming were also silent for a long time, and the performance in the war zone was really abnormal.
"Could it be the chairman's instructions?" Zhang Quming burst out in shock.
Qin Feng and Zhang Quanfa were stunned when they heard this, and looked at Zhang Quming with their eyes.
"Not? Do you think, such a big battle, the above turned a blind eye, in case the Lishui base is lost, except for the chairman of the committee, who can afford this responsibility in the theater command? Zhang Quming said.
"Hiss", Qin Feng gasped, and woke up the dreamer with a word, his own performance, not to mention the loss of the third division, in the end, he still did not get the trust of the chairman, and he was still an abandoned son at the critical moment. The chairman of the committee is cunning and cunning, and he clearly sees that even if the Japanese army temporarily captures the Lishui base, it will inevitably lose its troops and generals, and if the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Ninth War Zone immediately counterattack, the Lishui base will be completely overturned and become his Chiang Kai-shek, this is politics, the cruel politics of war!
Qin Feng clearly knew that this time he was fighting alone, although there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the periphery, they couldn't count on them, and they would also wait around him like vultures, just waiting for him to "die" and fly up to share his "corpse", all of which made him feel chills when he thought about it.